{{Short description|Norwegian novelist and playwright}} {{Use dmy dates | date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Sigurd Christiansen | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date |1891|11|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Drammen]], Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age |1947|10|23|1891|11|17|df=y}} | death_place = Drammen, Norway | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = novelist and playwright | years_active = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = ''[[To levende og en død (novel)|To levende og en død]]'' (1931) | style = | television = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = [[Gyldendal's Endowment]] (1940) }}
'''Sigurd Christiansen''' (17 November 1891 – 23 October 1947) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. He made his literary debut with the novel ''Seieren'' in 1915.
His literary breakthrough was the trilogy ''Indgangen'' (1925), ''Sverdene'' (1927) and ''Riket'' (1929).
His novel ''[[To levende og en død (novel)|To levende og en død]]'' (1931) won first prize in a competition, and was later made into three films: [[To levende og en død (film)|Norwegian]],<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Sigurd_Wesley_Christiansen |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |author=[[Hans H. Skei]] |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location= |url=http://www.snl.no/Sigurd_Wesley_Christiansen |language=Norwegian | accessdate=28 February 2009 }}</ref> [[A Dead Man Among the Living|Czechoslovak]] and [[Two Living, One Dead|British-Swedish]].
Christiansen was awarded [[Gyldendal's Endowment]] in 1940.
He was born and died in [[Drammen, Norway]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160228/filmotype IMDb]</ref>
== Works == [[File:Sigurd Christiansen (1891–1947) 1.jpg|thumb|173x173px|Sigurd Christiansen]] {{div col}} * ''Seieren'' (1915) * ''Thomas Hergel'' (1917) * ''Vort eget liv'' (1918) * ''Offerdøden'' : skuespil i fire akter (1919) * ''Døperen'' (1921) * ''Blodet'' (1923) * ''Indgangen'' (1925) * ''Edmund Jahr'' (1926) * ''Sverdene'' (1927) * ''Riket'' (1929) * ''[[To levende og en død (novel)|To levende og en død]]'' (1931) * ''En reise i natten'' (1931) * ''Dydens have'' (1932) * ''Agner i stormen'' (1933) * ''Drømmen og livet'' (1935) (trilogy ''Jørgen Wendt 1'') * ''Det ensomme hjerte'' (1938) (trilogy ''Jørgen Wendt 2'') * ''Mannen fra bensinstasjonen'' (1941) * ''Menneskenes lodd'' (1945) (trilogy ''Jørgen Wendt 3'') {{div col end}}
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==External links== * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Sigurd Christiansen |sopt=t}}
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